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J.K. Rowling shuts down homophobic Westboro Baptist Church with magical tweetLet's hope the Westboro Baptist Church has some essence of Dittany on hand, because these muggles just got burned. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling fired back at the extremist religious organization after they criticized her for supporting Ireland's decision to legalize same-sex marriage See also: J... Sprint plans for network dominance, despite often being rated lastRANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — From worst to first, that's essentially the promise Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure made on Wednesday at Re/code's Code Conference. Just eight months into his job, Claure told Re/code's Ina Fried that Sprint owns more spectrum than any other carrier and "in the nex... The life and death of Ikonos, a pioneering commercial satelliteThe commercial satellite industry is in something of a boom time right now, with everyone from Elon Musk to Google planning to launch spacecraft of varying sizes into Earth's orbit, and eventually, beyond. Today, people all over the planet can see photos and even HD video of Earth from above with th... Genderless underwear company uses breast cancer survivors as modelsGenderless underwear company Play Out recently featured breast cancer survivors that have undergone double mastectomies without reconstruction as models in order to challenge the way we perceive fashion, gender and bring awareness to breast cancer Abby Sugar, the owner of the Play Out told Mashable ... Biggest workplace pain in the rear: smartphone securityWe’ve all been there. First day on the job and you’re sailing through the on-boarding process until you get to the IT and security portion. Before you know it, your phone has five new apps installed on it –- most of them you never knew existed until now. Every time you need to log ... Echolocation becomes your eyes as you escape monsters in 'Perception'Is a haunted house still scary if you can't see anything inside it? That's what The Deep End Games is going for in its debut effort, Perception. Just launched on Kickstarter, the upcoming game tells a haunted house story from the perspective of Cassie, a blind woman who "sees" using echolocati... Teens are trying to summon demons using pencils and a hashtagThey're at it again — no, not lip plumping or Zayn mourning Teens don't always have comprehension of consequences, but you'd think that summoning demons on social media would throw up a red flag. The hashtag #CharlieCharlieChallenge took over Twitter Memorial Day weekend. In the challenge, par... Bill Nye teams up with Amy Schumer to explain the universeWarning: This post contains strong language that some may find offensive. Bill Nye the Science Guy, a.k.a the explainer of things for millennials, stopped by Inside Amy Schumer to explain just what the universe is for During the skit, Nye reveals that the universe actually has the power to communic... Queen's Speech: Conservatives propose EU referendum by 2017 and increased surveillance powersLONDON — A referendum on the EU by the end of 2017 and the introduction of the Investigatory Powers Bill, giving police greater powers to target online communications, were among the measures proposed during the Queen's Speech Wednesday. The package of proposals, which was prepared by ministe... Queen's Speech: More government surveillance, no more income taxLONDON — A referendum on the EU by the end of 2017 and the introduction of the Investigatory Powers Bill, giving police greater powers to target online communications, were among the measures proposed during the Queen's Speech Wednesday. See also: Election 2015: Everything you need to know ab... |